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| TWN December News: Screenings, Workshops, Grants & More!
Soul Food Junkies and Byron Hurt at City College
(Screening presented as part of TWN's Wednesday Night Workshops)
This documentary follows Byron Hurt's journey to learn more about the African American cuisine known as soul food. Baffled by his dad's unwillingness to change his traditional soul food diet in the face of a health crisis, Hurt sets out to learn more about this rich culinary tradition and its relevance to black cultural identity. In a film that looks at history, class, racism, health, food access, culture and family, Soul Food Junkies uses humor and heart to address this cuisine and culture. The screening will be followed by a talk with the award-winning filmmaker, Byron Hurt, a TWN workshop alum, on the making of this film. Byron will talk about the journey of his film production, how he managed to get it produced and the impact it has had on his own life and family. Cosponsored with the Media and Communication Arts Department and the Colin Colin L. Powell Center for Leadership and Service at City College, the Medical Career Success Program-Black Male Initiative at the Sophie Davis School of Bio-Medical Education at CCNY, and the Black Documentary Collective. This event is free, but RSVP required, seating is very limited!
Wednesday, December 5th at 6:30 pm - ONLY BY RSVP
City College, NAC Building Room 1/202
138th Street and Convent Avenue
NYC
RSVP emails to: workshop@twn.org
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 Audre Lorde -The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 on tour 2012 marks the 20th anniversary of Audre Lorde's passing, the acclaimed Black lesbian feminist poet and activist. Audre Lorde - The Berlin Years 1984 to 1992 explores a little-known chapter of the writer's prolific life, a period in which she helped ignite the Afro-German Movement and made lasting contributions to the German political and cultural scene before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall and the German reunification. Saturday, December 1, 6:30 pm London Feminist Film Festival Hackney Picturehouse, 270 Mare Street, London E8 1HE Saturday, December 1, 12:15 pmCanada-image+nation 25 festivalPMG 47 Cinéma du Parc, Montréal
Friday, December 21, 7:15 pm
Bankstown Art Centre
Sydney, Australia
more info
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| Film/Video Grants, Internships and More
TWN Seeks Graphic Design & Final Cut Pro Interns
If you have graphic design or Final Cut Pro experience, live in New York City and need to add more credits to your resume, please apply to our internship program at Third World Newsreel. Send a cover letter and resume to dorothy@twn.org and distribution@twn.org.
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America's Media Makers: Development and Production Grants
The Division of Public Programs at the U.S. National Endowment for the Humanities funds radio, television, and digital projects in the humanities that are intended for public audiences.
Deadlines: January 9, 2013, and August 14, 2013.
development grants
production grants
more info
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National Geographic Society's All Roads Film Project Seed Grants
The All Roads Film Project is a multimedia festival and grants program dedicated to providing a platform for indigenous and underrepresented minority-culture storytellers from around the world. The objectives are to showcase works by these artists to promote knowledge, dialogue, and understanding with a broader global audience.
Deadline: 15th of each March, June, September, and December.
more info
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Ford Foundation
Ford's Social Issue Film Funding Initiative will provide approximately $16 million through an open-application process to filmmakers and media makers around the world who are creating documentaries that address urgent social issues.
Deadline: Open
------------------------------------------------------------ Jerome Foundation Grants of up to $30,000 will be awarded to individual film and video artists living in New York City who work in the genres of experimental, narrative, animation, and documentary production. Deadline: Open more info ------------------------------------------------------------ ITVS International Initiative The International Initiative was created to give U.S. audiences access to international stories and voices on American television and new media platforms. International funding is only available to independent filmmakers who are neither U.S. citizens nor residents of the U.S. Deadline: Open more info |
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| TWN Congratulates
Rada Film's American Promise will premiere at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival! They are also about to launch a unique film festival partnership with Big Brothers Big Sisters' Mentoring Brothers in Action.
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| TWN Thanks
TWN is supported in part by the New York State Council on the Arts, the National Endowment for the Arts, the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs and the Funding Exchange, as well as individual donors. TWN is a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization dedicated to fostering the creation, appreciation, and dissemination of independent media by and about people of color. |
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